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Resisting Homework as Solitary Confinement

What might make school homework Christian? The content of the worksheet? Or maybe the relationship patterns that are fostered by the task? This piece grew out of a breakfast conversation with some local teachers and has resonated with other teacher groups. In fact once I…

David I. SmithJanuary 1, 2015

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching

Seeing Anew, Choosing Engagement, Reshaping Practice

This article was first published in The Christian Teachers Journal, vol. 21:2, May 2013. It offers an overview of some key themes that informed the design of the resources at www.whatiflearning.com I focus in particular on the idea of Christian practices and what they have…

David I. SmithMay 1, 2013

Book Reviews Faith and Teaching

Review of The Outrageous Idea of Academic Faithfulness: A Guide for Students

This review is of a book that focuses on the student's end of the process of Christian learning, asking what it means to be a Christian learner. The review was published in Journal of Education and Christian Belief, vol. 13, 1 (2009): pp. 96-97. The…

David I. SmithMarch 1, 2009

Book Reviews Faith and Teaching

Review of Craig Dykstra: Growing in the Life of Faith

This review of Craig Dykstra's book Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices (2nd edition) was published in The Reformed Journal in 2008. This is an important book on faith, formation, and education that I still refer to often. For anyone who…

David I. SmithJune 1, 2008

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching Featured Language and Culture Learning

Christian Faith and Language Pedagogy

I came across a short piece that I wrote as a journal editorial a little over a decade ago. I think several of its themes are still pertinent. It was published as the editorial of the Journal of Christianity and Foreign Languages, since renamed the…

David I. SmithApril 10, 2008

Book Reviews Faith and Teaching

Review of Teaching as Believing: Faith in the University

This review of Chris Anderson's book about how faith shapes his teaching in a secular university was published in Journal of Education and Christian Belief, vol. 11, 1 (2007): pp. 85-86. The book is available from Baylor University Press and other bookstores. Chris Anderson, Teaching…

David I. SmithMarch 1, 2007

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching Reflection on Scripture

Psalm 113: The Movie

This short reflection was published in Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought in 2005. More recently it served as the basis for designing a learning activity called Cosmic Zoom as part of the FAST project on faith and science teaching. A short film that aired…

David I. SmithJanuary 16, 2005

Faith and Teaching Language and Culture Learning Scholarship Spiritual Development

Cross-Curricular Spiritual and Moral Development: Reflections on the Charis Project

In the 1990s I was involved in the Charis Project, a multi-year curriculum development project hosted at the Stapleford Centre in Nottingham, England. The project focused on developing resources in response to the then-new National Curriculum's call for moral and spiritual development to be addressed…

David I. SmithMay 1, 1999